In 1975 a two-acre outdoor public space called Peavey Plaza opened in downtown Minneapolis, offering city dwellers an ''urban oasis'' at a time when many Americans were re-embracing city life, its designer, M. Paul Friedberg, said in a recent interview. Using a 10-foot depression created during construction of the adjacent Orchestra Hall, Mr....
Gov. Mark Dayton signed a hard-fought agreement to build the Minnesota Vikings a $975 million stadium at the downtown Minneapolis site of the team's current home, the Metrodome. There was strong opposition to the deal by some taxpayers and elected officials, who said that the public should not have to shoulder most of the costs of a new stadium for...
WASHINGTON -- In a single week last April, 3 people were killed with guns in Philadelphia, 14 more were shot and wounded, 68 robberies were carried out at gunpoint and a total of 144 crimes involving firearms were reported. During that same week in San Diego, a city of roughly the same size with far fewer police officers, there were no gun-related...
Minneapolis er den største by i den amerikanske delstat Minnesota med 382.618 indbyggere i 2000. Byen er amtssæde for amtet Hennepin County. Sammen med Minnesotas hovedstad Saint Paul danner Minneapolis området kendt som Twin Cities. Byen ligger ved bredden af floden Mississippi.
Tilnavnet "City of Lakes" og "Mill City," Byen er kendt for sine mange søer og vådomrader og har et stort historie producere landets korn. Navngivet USA's mest kyndige by, det har kulturelle organisationer, der trækker kreative mennesker og publikum til byen for teater, billedkunst, skrivning og musik.